Secundinus

son of the Lombard Restitutus and Dareca, a sister of St. Patrick, and bishop of Domnach

b. 372 · d. 447

2nd Archbishop of Armagh

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Secundinus, or Sechnall as he was known in Irish, was founder and patron saint of Domhnach Sechnaill, County Meath, who went down in medieval tradition as a disciple of St Patrick and one of the first bishops of Armagh. Historians have suggested, however, that the connection with St Patrick was a later tradition invented by Armagh historians in favour of their patron saint and that Secundinus is more likely to have been a separate missionary, possibly a companion of Palladius.

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Recorded as a historical figure.

  • Annala Uladh, Annals of Ulster 1 claim — Annals of Ulster (ed. Hennessy) I, A.D. 431–1056

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